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Talks With Terry
by Terry Clark
I'm Terry, and this is my space to talk about the things that interest me. If you want to hear something random or different, this show is for you. No gimmicks, no topic restrictions, just a guy speaking about everything from music, to ghosts, to religion, to social justice, and everything in between. Nothing fancy, just going with the flow.
Episodes
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Episode 36: Don't Ban the Books
In light of recent events, this month's topic is going to surround books. Today, we are going to be talking about the act of banning books, what classic books have been banned, and the reasoning behind wanting certain books to be taken away. How much are we willing to lose for the sake of…
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Episode 37: Side Rant 2- Back on the Air
Hello and Happy New Year! I was away for a bit because of reasons, but I'm back and ready to post some more. This episode is to help get things back on track, and for me to catch you guys up on what's been going on. Hope you guys will join me in starting this year off on a better foot.
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Episode 36: The War on Christmas
It's that time of year again. People are caroling and stores are abundant with the hottest gifts that you can find on a sale. Everyone comes together with a smile on their face and the whole of America seems to come together to celebrate Christmas. But you may have also seen the posts and news...
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Episode 35: Terrbear's Christmas Carol Playlist
I'm back and this time things are twice as festive! To ring in the holiday season, we're gonna be looking at Spotify's Christmas Classics playlist and go over some of our favorite Christmas songs of all time. Which classics stand out and which ones don't? From holiday bops to fireside friendlies…
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Episode 34: The History of Thanksgiving
Spoiler alert: An American holiday has had a troubled past that was overlooked within the history books. While most of this month is meant to focus on the spirit of thanksgiving, it's important to understand the history surrounding the holiday itself. So much information about that special day in...
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Episode 33: Giving Thanks Around The World
This month's topic is going to revolve around Thanksgiving. What better way to celebrate it than to ask: what does Thanksgiving look like around the world. Many different countries and cultures hold celebrations centered around harvest time from the German Erntedankfest to the Chinese August Moon...
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Episode 32: I Bring You Hell
Even wondered about that fiery pit of an afterlife that people keep ranting about? Where did it come from? Am I going to end up there? Why is my pastor always yelling about it? This week we dive into the origins of Hell, the Lake of Fire where the souls of the wicked are tormented for eternity....
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Episode 31: Scary Stories
What Halloween season would be complete without some scary stories to freak you out? Today we've got three stories from online authors, each their own brand of spine tingling. Stalkers, secret organizations, and forces of nature all come together to give us out first ever Talks with Terry scary...
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Episode 30: The Black Hat Man
Have you ever woken in the middle of the night to the feeling that you're being watched? Has your body felt paralyzed, while your eyes dart around the room, scanning for danger? Have you gazed at the shadows and found a tall man watching over your with a nice outfit and red eyes? Then you might...
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Episode 29: Oh the Horror!
This week, in honor of the month of spooky, we are going over the various genres and subgenres within the horror sphere. Everything under the bloody rainbow including slashers, supernatural horrors, and plain old messed-up people and the movies that they inhabit, as well a little book and video...
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Episode 28: The Haunted History of Alton
For our first week of the spooky season, I'm going over the brief but scary history of Alton, Illinois, which has been called "America's Most Haunted Small Town". I'm looking at everything, from the local Native American cryptid that once terrorized the Mississippi River to the ghosts of former...
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Episode 27: The Terror
Kicking off the spooky season with a little book club, we are going to be talking about Dan Simmons' award winning book, The Terror. This historical fiction thriller is set within Franklin's Lost Expedition, a British naval expedition from the 1840's whose goal was to find the fabled Northwest...
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Episode 26: The Suicide Squad
These week we're taking it easy by reviewing the popular DC movie, The Suicide Squad directed by James Gunn. I'll be going over what I though about the movie, how the characters stacked up, and how the team that made this did a great job at tackling an R-rated, character driven action movie that...
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Episode 25: The Corrupted Blood Incident
So I wanted to combine my love of video games with the informative nature of this show. To that end, I found a story from over a decade ago about an event in the World of Warcraft universe that created a dark corner of history for the game and its fandom. I had never heard of this even before…
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Episode 24: Therapy Session
This is going to be a special, serious episode dedicated to a couple of people in my life who have been dealing with a lot of personal issues by themselves. I'm going to make sure that they know and understand that it's okay to ask for help and seek it out, especially when you're dealing with...
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Episode 23: Survival Bias
In this week's obsession over a certain topic, I've decided to devote some time this week giving a brief overview of survivorship bias in the world. Like the logical fallacies, I think this concept gets overlooked constantly in everyday life. Have you ever sat and listened to someone encourage...
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Episode 22: Another Pyramid Scheme
So a good friend of mine reached out and said that her friend had been offered a job at a direct marketing firm in Chicago. I got flashbacks to my very short time being duped by a similar company close to home, and my friend and I agreed that this Chicago job was another trap under a different...
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Episode 21: Where's Good Help When You Need It?
I'm back after a long hiatus and I've decided to talk about the one subject that has been poking at the back of my head for months now: The Labor Shortage. Though "shortage" might not be the best way to describe it. This episode will quickly cover what has been happening with the exodus of…
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Episode 20: Toxic Masculinity
This week we are discussing the traits in males that are often destructive and dangerous to society. This is a general overview of the topic, but we will be going over some of the biggest issues facing and caused by men in the world today. Rip up you "man cards" guys, we don't deserve them anymore.
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Episode 19: Wicked News
So I have this friend named Wicked (it's his online name so it's not that weird) that has been sending me a lot of news headlines that he gets from random pages he follows on social media. I got tired of trying to steer him away from this stuff, but I thought I could build off of these stories…
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Episode 18: Biblical Literalism
Today we are talking about the belief of taking the Bible as literal. I doesn't sound like much but there is a lot that can be covered in this segment regarding the history of Biblical Literacy and what it means for us today. Whether you are religious or not, it may be important to understand…
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Episode 17: Logical Fallacies
This podcast is gonna become slightly more educational, and what better way to start than with some logical fallacies! We live in a world where everyone is arguing with each other all the time, and some people are more good at it than others. In this sort of climate, it's important to understand...
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Episode 16: Gun Control
I'm not the first or last person you will hear talk about this, but we are talking gun control. I'm gonna try and not get too political and just help educate about the debate surrounding gun control as well as some key things you often hear throughout the media. I think we are living in a time...
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Episode 15: Getting Cancelled
No but honestly this episode is all about cancel culture. I'm gonna try to take a non-biased approach and just try to explain what I think it is and give some examples of what to look for, but this is just a way for me to talk about the Mr. Potato Head story I didn't cover. I won't get too…
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Episode 14: Get Your Vaccines!
Want to know a little more about the COVID-19 vaccines that people are taking right now? You should talk to your local public health department or doctor for that. But this week I have a little fact sheet given to me about the Pfizer vaccine that I got and it makes for an interesting read. Today...
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Episode 13: The Minimum Wage
So many people are struggling right now just to make ends meet, and to many the amount they are being paid isn't enough. While Congress still can't decide on what needs to be done, I felt it would be nice to go over how the minimum wage got to where it was today and where we should go from here....
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Episode 12: Texas Cold Crisis
This week I'll be going over the situation in Texas where cold temperatures have caused massive power and utility outages that are affecting millions of Texans right now. We will be covering the conditions leading up to this disaster, what is being done to help, how a couple of asshats are trying...
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Episode 11: More Gaming News
A new Call of Duty, people mad about microtransactions again, and the next rising star of the PC indie game scene. All of this and more on this week's episode of Talks with Terry!
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Episode 10: The Great Reddit Stonk Exchange
So apparently a bunch of people on Reddit woke up, chose fiscal violence, and decided to beat wealthy Wall Street hedge funds at their own game. Will GameStop be able to recover now that people are buying into their stocks? I don't know, but what I do know is the revenge is cold and the hypocrisy...
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Episode 9: Cyberpunk, Star Wars, and For The King
It's time for more gaming stuff! This week I update my statements of Cyberpunk after pouting about it a month after beating it. Next, we go over some special news surrounding Disney, Ubisoft, and the future of Star Wars games. Finally I round out the episode with a somewhat quick review of For…
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Episode 8: Attempted Coup: Electric Boogaloo
I'm not the first to talk about this and I wont be the last. Today we have a special rant surrounding the assault and attempted coup on the Capitol building that took place this week. I'll be going over some of the initial information I could find and be giving my opinions on the matter. 2021 is...
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Episode 7: Education II
We're back with the conclusion of our education episode. Last time it was all about what was wrong and this week we are talking about how we can fix it. There are a lot of problems that need to be fixed, but if we can manage to do it then our future students will have more knowledge and less...
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Side Rant: Cyberpunk 2077
So Cyberpunk 2077 came out this week and its something that I've been looking forward to for years. Its only been out for a couple of days, but the gaming community is already divided about whether or not it has lived up to the hype. I've decided to take some time this week and talk about my…
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Episode 6: Education I
Honestly, I feel like we all have some sort of beef with the American education system in one way or another. For this episode, I wanted to go over some of the negative observations I've made over the years and why take issue with them. This part will cover the problems, and a future episode will...
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Episode 5: Video Games as a Hobby
I've heard a lot of older people talk about video games as a waste of time. Why would you play childish games when you could be doing something productive or developing a constructive hobby? I thought a lot about this and decided to dedicate an episode to talk about where the stigma of video…
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Episode 4: The Job That Scammed Me
Today I have a little rant about the first job I had out of college in the middle of COVID. It had great pay, friendly coworkers, and a lot of promise... but I only lasted for three days. Please enjoy the story of how I went through a deceitful and insane job that forced me to learn a lot about…
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EP. 3: Liminal Spaces
Have you ever been somewhere normal that … didn't feel normal at all? Have there been points in your life where you feel like your very existence isn't as solid as you think it is? You're not crazy, you're experiencing something called liminality, a strange phenomenon that messes with how our...
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EP. 2: What Makes Music Good.
I talk about my experiences listening to bad music and try to understand what features go into making music pleasurable to hear. From the technical side to the more personal touches that are used, I think we can come up with some standards for why some music sounds better than others.
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EP. 1: The End of The World as We Know It
We're starting off strong with a discussion about the end of the world. The focus isn't about how the world is ending for good, but rather a way that the world is changing, for better or worse.
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Introductions
Welcome to Talks With Terry! This is my new show about everything that I'd like to talk about. I'm excited to see where this goes, so please enjoy while I introduce myself and my show to the world!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Terry, and this is my space to talk about the things that interest me. If you want to hear something random or different, this show is for you. No gimmicks, no topic restrictions, just a guy speaking about everything from music, to ghosts, to religion, to social justice, and everything in between. Nothing fancy, just going with the flow.
HOSTED BY
Terry Clark
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I'm Terry, and this is my space to talk about the things that interest me. If you want to hear something random or different, this show is for you. No gimmicks, no topic restrictions, just a guy speaking about everything from music, to ghosts, to religion, to social justice, and everything in...
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